Wedding
Over the years, it’s become a cliché that people go to Las Vegas for a quickie wedding. When people think of a Vegas wedding, they think of a wedding chapel with an Elvis impersonator officiating the ceremony, or the even quicker version of a drive-thru wedding. Las Vegas weddings have always been unique compared to weddings in any other location, but now you can make your wedding unique even in Las Vegas by following these ideas.
A European Wedding in Las Vegas
You can make your Vegas wedding unique by making it feel like a wedding in Europe instead. If you really dreamed of a wedding in Paris but didn’t want to spend all that money, you can get married at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Las Vegas. The smaller version of the Eiffel Tower offers the scenery and food of Paris. If you prefer Venice to Paris, you can have your wedding on a Venetian gondola in Las Vegas’s replica of the canals of Venice. A gondolier will serenade you and your wedding party as you float down the canal. You can have an imitation Rome wedding in the Venus garden in a Roman-style gazebo surrounded by Roman statues.
Weddings with the Fishes
One way to make your Las Vegas wedding unique is to get water involved, since Vegas is in a desert after all. If you and your partner are scuba certified, you can get married underwater in the Silverton Aquarium’s 117,000 gallon tank with sharks, stingrays, and tropical fish swimming around you. You can even have mermaids for bridesmaids. If you want to get close to fish and sharks, but maybe not that close, you can get married in an aquarium tunnel with the water above and on either side of you. Some hotels offer poolside weddings, so you and your wedding guests can take a refreshing splash after your vows and escape from the heat, especially in the summer.
Sign Weddings
Las Vegas is all about the bright lights of the city, so where better to be wed than in front of the signs. Some couples like to get married in front the famous Las Vegas sign leading into the city. It is one of the city’s most iconic locations and you will never forget where your wedding was. Another sign location is the Neon Museum and Boneyard, where you can get married among vintage neon signs. The signs give weddings a vintage and modern flair at the same time.
Roller Coaster Wedding
Las Vegas is probably the only place in the world that you can actually get married on a roller coaster. The roller coaster at the New York New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas does weddings. The weddings take place with the roller coaster in motion going a heart pumping 67 miles per hour. The roller coaster takes a 180 degree turn. This wedding ideas is not for the faint of heart, but adrenaline junkies will love it.
A Classy Wedding
With people even getting married in Las Vegas at the Denny’s, a classy Vegas wedding is unique enough to stand out from the rest. Weddings in Las Vegas by Mon Bel Ami offer ceremonies in chapels, gazebos, and pavilions and the Elvis impersonator is optional. Vegas weddings are so known for being cheesy that a classy wedding is refreshing. Even though Las Vegas is called Sin City, you can still have a lovely, elegant wedding there. With Las Vegas’s cheap wedding prices, you can have the formal, tasteful wedding of your dreams without breaking the bank.
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I think it would be so fun to get married in Las Vegas. I was there for my 10th wedding anniversay and it was fun!
I was married in Las Vegas. I told everyone we went through and drive through, but really it was in a little Chapel.
There are so many options. There is something for every couple I like the one with the fish!
I actually did get married in Vegas – by Elvis. Maybe not unique, but definitely a ton of fun and totally memorable.
Now that sounds like some great ideas for getting married – the OH said to me a couple of weeks ago if we get married we should elope to Las Vegas. x
Great ideas! It would be really fun to get married in Vegas and make for a great story.
I am not so sure I would want a typical “Vegas” wedding for mine, but they certainly look fun!
I love this! So many times I would tell my hubby we should just take off to Vegas and wed when our family was being all crazy. I had no idea all the tasteful options to often I only hear about the “Elvis” weddings.
Oh I love the wedding with the fishes. Our friends had your cliche Elvis Vegas wedding a few years ago.
I think the underwater wedding is an awesome idea. Definitely unique.
Oh wow a wedding under water.. Takes for a pretty picture but that dress! Is it ruined now but like I said.. makes a great pic!
The wedding underwater is AMAZING!! That’s crazy!! I need to renew my vows and do that!
Wow these ideas are unique and creative. I think the underwater wedding is by far my favorite idea but sadly it is not for me and I can’t swim.
Good point! You’re right, there are lots of ways to make your wedding beautiful and unique rather than just saying, “Oh, we went to Vegas!” My friend got married there in a beautiful garden with some gorgeous architecture!
We renewed our vows in Vegas – with Elvis – for our 20th anniversary. The looks on our kids’ faces was priceless!
This is a great post debunking some of the clichés, because I would be totally freaked out about getting married in Vegas. I can see that it can be done beautifully and uniqquely
I had a friend that got married in Vegas. Her family was not happy about it at all but they made her wedding so miserable that she and her groom took off to get away.
I knew someone who had a Vegas wedding and her bridesmaids wore hot pink mini dresses! What a fun idea!
Getting married in Las Vegas is so cool. So many different and unique themes to choose from. Great memories to be made.
There are some really great ideas. Definitely unique!
I wouldn’t mind getting married in Vegas, even if it is by ‘Elvis’. We’ll certainly have something to laugh about the rest of our lives.
A roller coaster wedding? I don’t think I would have ever done that, but I bet it’s really cool to tell your friends about.
I had no idea that there were so many options for an individual wedding! I would love the Paris onemthe best. Maybe I’ll renew my vows for our 25th anniversary!
How funny to be married on a rollercoaster. I guess it’s indicative of what’s to come though. 😉
I thought Vegas was simply drive-thrus & little chapels. Those all sound really fun, but there’s no way I would’ve done the underwater one! LOL
Believe it or not, my husband and I wanted to do this and had it all planned out until something came up and we chose not to travel, but it would have been so fun!